Chapter 4: Motivation and Planning: Chapter 3
An opportunity came, and the only opportunity I might ever get. Having the chance to gain an ability by the Hero's Gate was rare. if I miss this chance I might die in less than a month.
Reason?
it's because in a Month's time, The Third Prince will visit Fester Town in celebration for it's Anniversary to the Founding land. and in that Celebration, a Disaster will occur. A Disaster big enough to take almost Half the Town's population, A Terrorist Attack by one of the Most Infamous Groups of this Kingdom. "The Impostors."
....I don't know why the Author decided to call them that but it was mostly likely a Joke towards one of the Hit Games of my Past World. Among Us.
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anyway, the Impostors Goal to this Attack was to take down The Prince and sending a message to the King as an implicit reminder of their Existence.
but spoiler Alert, they Failed in the assassination attempt, because their plans were found out by the Protagonist, allowing enough time for the Prince to Escape but not enough for the Citizens to do the same.
It was a tragic event, an event that resulted in over 10,000 people Dying.
An event that sparked the Protagonist to actually motivate himself even further to stop the Impostors in the future
this was how the author made this world to be, it was a place filled with danger. Danger big enough to be called a Disaster. And the Fester festival Terrorist Arc was one of its starting arcs where its casualties were in the thousands.
Now if you're wondering what I should do in this scenario, it was quite obvious.
although my life came as dull as I thought of it to be, with how uneventful it was. I onced faced a situation where it lead me to become the person I am today. a person whose mindset was that of who would selfishly jump in front of a moving bullet if given the chance he would save someone in return. An Idiot.
So my plan was simple.
I needed to Stop those Terrorist.
...
Once upon a time, there was a boy who lived near one of the finest beaches in the World. He had every chance to look at the waves and admire as nature greets him as he wakes up every morning. The salty blow of the winds would clutter his slightly curly hair while he faces the ocean in front and be amazed as he sees the majestic Dolphins jump over the sunset.
It was a view he would never forget...
As the boy wakes up one day, he notices his body shivering from the cold, the salty taste of the oceans were reaching his mouth and the screams of the people were out and about all for it to reach his ears as they run amok in the dark. He finds himself all alone, his Family Gone, his home destroyed and a wet feeling of iron was grabbing him by the nose.
he could not realize what was happening to his home, to his people.
He waited for someone to pick him up from this disaster, hoping that someone would notice him.
As the Moonlight finally shines its light towards the scene, the boy finally realizes the what was happening.
The Raging oceans were clashing against the homes the were owned by the people he lived along side with, the wind that was violently blowing against the roofs, roots and everything in its way carried them all for the heavens to throw it all back at the ground. Bodies were found floating lifelessly in the raging waters.
He covers his eyes as he tries ignore the scene before him, but as he did so, the Iron smell became even more pungent. He looks towards his palm and notices the red color of water, something he had never experienced touching before.
"Blood?"
As he looks to his side, there he sees the lifeless body of a man he was all so familiar with. A man he would greet every morning as he wakes up from his sleep. a man that he always respected as a figure. a man that he himself had the right to call him his Father.
"!!?"
He could see the breath of his father as the cold night breezes into the air.
His mind blanks out as the Body lays on the Cold wet Ground.
As tears began to gather on his view blurs his sight, the Boy stares angrily at the body and decided to move.
'Don't Give up. Don't Give up. Don't Give up. Don't Give up. Don't Give up. Don't Give up'
His desperate plea to carry the body onto his small childish stature with the Weight that was 5 times heavier than he was. He needed to save this man. He needed to not give up, because if he did, he would never forgive himself.
"COME ON!!!! LIFT GOD Damnit!"
" He's Still Alive! I can still Do it!"
he slowly began to make progress as the body began to drag across the Sandy beaches.
but as he does so, unaware of the Destroyed houses. a roof with rusty nails were stuck upright on the sandy ground.
And then...
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!"
His foot was stuck to a Nail, a Rusty one at that.
He quickly feel on one leg and dropped to the Floor.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!"
Screaming as the Nail pushed through the other end of his foot.
His scream could have been heard by a lot of people if it were a normal day but in this weather, it had a low chance of noticing it.
His mind was going slightly numb from the Pain and from his screaming. But even still, he stared right to his Father's body. he was still breathing.
"Dad...."
he stops his complaints over his pain and began to drag his father again.
but this time it was quite slower.
He dragged the figure of his father while he limped across the sand.
Falling a few times before they finally reached a higher level. someplace far off from the sand.
A place that was under a tree.
"haaaa....haaaa....haaa..."
Tired from dragging his father for the last 20 minutes, his mind began to play tricks on him.
He heard the Sounds of Dolphins Splashing across the oceans as it jumped over the Sunset. but at the moment they were over the sun, the boy imagined the warmth the sun gave that day. just like any other day. Warm and Welcoming. as if saying goodbye for another Sunny day. it was the Sun's time to rest as it sets behind the Ocean cover.
he was also feeling tired, he gave it his all, and he wanted to rest now. so he slowly close his eyes at the same time the sun sets but as he does so, the sun immediately came back for a full morning.
aware by this slight change, the boy gave another peek at the Dark and saw a Flash of light straight at his face.
"There they are!"
Screamed one the people.
the Boy noticed this and smiled as he could finally rest. hoping that tomorrow was a sunny day.
.....
A man once said, "Life is Simple be we insist on making it Complicated" -Confucius
My life could have been simple, I could have just left Fester Town and let the Novel do it's thing and develope. but I insist on making it Complicated. I choose to save those lives even in its Darkest Days. knowing I could do something.
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As I lay by the bed, thinking of what to do. I tried to remember where the Exact place the Gate was going to appear.
"was it behind a bank?...no I don't think it was. maybe in a park...no..."
"Hmm"
despite reading the Novel over and over again in my last life, I never had that good mentality to remember the specific things. it was like trying to figure what that music's title was when you heard it on a tiktok once and tried to search it's title by googling the lyrics.
it was pretty stupid but it would sometimes work.
so my strategy was to think of the places the Protagonist went through in some of the Early volumes of the novel.
while contemplating on it, my eyes began to dart towards the dirty Plates on the sink.
~Sigh~"guess I should work while I try to remember it."
as time went by, I was able to finish cleaning the Room, completely focused on cleaning the room, I forgot about what I was doing.
I was once a bit of a clean freak in my past life so having to engrossed myself in cleaning was something I usually do, to a point where I would ignore or forget the things I should have been doing instead. like that...what was it again?
Completely forgetting what I was thinking of, I grabbed the three full bags of garbage, and began carrying it out to the trash bin.
as I threw the Bags in, I spotted an old dirty plushie Bear and a Dirty plastic Ball.
" it must have been from some kids in the...."
judging from how cheap the material was for the plushie, it reminded me of a Carnival once. and the tin cans lying on the floor along the with plastic Ball, it reminded me of one of its Games. 'Hit a Can't
~Sigh~ "They should really throw these things Properly."
as I picked up the Bear and Cans I was immediately reminded of what I was thinking of.
"Ah!... it was the Theme Park. the Gate appears at the Theme park."
~Sigh~ " I'm such an Idiot."
with that I put the plushie inside the trash bin and walked back inside my apartment.
I needed to prepare myself when going inside the Hero's Gate.
I didn't really need to prepare anything, not something like a backpack, a medkit or anything that anyone would carry for a survival trip. The Hero's Gate was different.
The novel describes the gate as a personal test for anyone to go through and come out as a Hero. a simple as it sounds, in reality the Gate is Actually picky of its Participants. they always had the eye to see through potential from anyone, and once they found someone, they lure them in and Challenge that person. if the Person complies and achieves the test than they become a Hero or at least Part of a hero, they needed to actually train more so to reach they final form of a hero. But if the Person gives up on the Challenge, the Gate Spits them out like Garbage and removes the Memory containing the Gate itself and they go back to their normal lives.
"....I Hope the Gate actually finds me favorable."
Hoping the Gate would recognize me, I needed to go Theme Park in a Two Days time.
let's just hope.
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